Morgantown, WV: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 60.6°F in Morgantown, WV, the coldest May since 2023, tied 45th coldest of 136 (with 2023, 2021, 1981 and 1 other year).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 60.6°F; Coldest since 2023; 45th coldest of 136
Precipitation: 4.56 in; Wettest since 2025; 50th wettest of 139

A normal May in Morgantown, WV (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 62.2°F, between 57.9°F and 67.5°F in eight years of ten and 4.51 in of precipitation, between 1.98 in and 5.85 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Morgantown, WV since 1874: 60.6°F in 2026; the lowest is 55.1°F, in 1935.

Normal range, 57.9 to 67.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May in Morgantown, WV from 1872 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	60.6	88	71.1	100	50.1	70	4.56	50	0
2025	62.4	55	72.1	88	52.6	35	8.62	3	0
2024	66.9	12	77.3	25	56.5	4	5.98	14	0
2023	60.6	88	72.7	76	48.6	95	2.83	102	0
2022	65.3	23	76.5	31	54.1	22	4.92	39	1
2021	60.6	88	71.9	92	49.3	86	3.79	68	0
2020	59.4	108	69.2	118	49.6	79	3.16	85	0
2019	66.8	13	76.1	34	57.5	2	5.32	27	0
2018	69.4	1	80.2	6	58.6	1	5.83	16	0
2017	62	65	72.1	88	52	40	5.51	23	0
2016	61.4	77	71.2	98	51.6	45	5.21	30	0
2015	67.7	7	79.6	8	55.7	9	1.22	137	0
2014	63.9	37	75.2	41	52.6	35	4.53	51	0
2013	63.8	38	74.4	53	53.2	32	3.87	65	0
2012	67.5	9	78.5	14	56.5	4	3.58	78	0
2011	64.7	26	75.2	41	54.2	20	4.73	47	0
2010	65.7	21	76.7	30	54.6	19	4.63	49	0
2009	62.3	59	73	72	51.7	43	6.32	11	0
2008	58	117	69.1	119	46.9	115	5.98	14	0
2007	65.3	23	78	21	52.5	37	1.46	129	0
2006	59.5	106	70.6	106	48.3	101	2.85	97	0
2005	57.1	125	68.6	124	45.6	126	4.15	60	0
2004	66.8	13	78.3	15	55.3	14	4.48	53	0
2003	60.2	95	69	120	51.3	51	8.92	2	0
2002	59.2	113	70.9	103	47.5	109	5.27	28	0
2001	60.9	81	71.8	93	50	73	3.44	81	0
2000	64	36	74.2	57	53.7	29	4.79	43	2
1999	62.6	51	75.1	44	50.1	70	2.84	99	0
1998	64.5	29	75.1	44	53.9	27	3.64	74	0
1997	55.5	134	67.2	130	43.8	135	5.61	20	1
1996	61.5	76	71.1	100	51.9	41	5.61	20	0
1995	62	65	72.4	83	51.5	46	4.83	42	0
1994	56.2	132	67.9	127	44.5	132	3.65	73	0
1993	62.1	63	74.4	53	49.8	74	1.84	123	0
1992	59.9	99	71.2	98	48.7	94	3.00	90	0
1991	68.8	3	80.4	5	57.2	3	1.99	120	0
1990	58.3	116	67.8	128	48.6	95	5.53	22	1
1989	57.5	122	66.3	136	48.6	95	4.79	43	0
1988	61.4	77	73.7	64	49.2	88	4.00	63	0
1987	63.8	38	76.9	27	50.7	61	5.27	28	0
1986	62.4	55	73.5	66	51.3	51	2.67	105	0
1985	62	65	73.3	69	50.8	59	7.13	7	0
1984	57.1	125	67	132	47.2	112	5.67	18	0
1983	60	97	71.4	97	48.6	95	3.64	74	1
1982	66.6	17	79.2	10	54	26	3.02	89	0
1981	60.6	88	73.2	70	48.2	103	5.82	17	3
1980	64.3	31	75.2	41	53.4	31	5.00	35	0
1979	61.7	71	72.4	83	51.1	55	5.21	30	0
1978	60.7	85	70.5	108	51	57	3.68	72	0
1977	67	11	79	11	55	16	2.67	105	0
1976	56.1	133	67.2	130	44.9	131	3.13	87	0
1975	65.4	22	77	26	53.8	28	4.36	55	0
1974	59.9	99	70.1	110	49.7	78	5.47	24	0
1973	56.6	130	66.3	136	46.9	115	3.71	70	0
1972	60.9	81	72.2	86	49.6	79	2.95	92	0
1971	58.4	115	69.9	114	46.8	119	4.86	41	0
1970	66.7	15	78.8	12	54.7	18	2.59	110	0
1969	62.4	55	75.1	44	49.6	79	2.67	105	0
1968	59.4	108	69.5	117	49.4	84	7.47	5	0
1967	57.7	120	68.8	122	46.6	122	6.54	10	0
1966	59.6	105	72	91	47.3	111	1.47	128	0
1965	67.8	6	80.1	7	55.5	13	1.29	134	0
1964	62.8	49	74.4	53	51.2	53	1.25	135	0
1963	60.3	94	72.7	76	47.9	108	1.36	133	0
1962	67.2	10	78.7	13	55.6	10	1.92	122	0
1961	56.6	130	67.8	128	45.4	128	2.84	99	0
1960	59.9	99	69.6	116	50.1	70	4.97	38	0
1959	65.8	20	77.4	24	54.1	22	2.38	114	0
1958	60.4	93	72.5	81	48.3	101	4.42	54	0
1957	63.3	43	75.5	39	51.2	53	2.67	105	1
1956	59.9	99	72.5	81	47.4	110	7.72	4	0
1955	63.5	41	75.5	39	51.4	48	2.42	112	0
1954	58	117	68.8	122	47.2	112	2.66	109	0
1953	66.7	15	77.8	23	55.6	10	3.97	64	0
1952	59.5	106	70.6	106	48.5	99	5.65	19	0
1951	62.3	59	74.1	59	50.5	65	2.84	99	0
1950	61.6	73	71.8	93	51.4	48	3.07	88	0
1949	61.9	69	74.2	57	49.5	82	3.58	78	0
1948	59.4	108	70	111	48.9	90	3.61	77	0
1947	59.7	104	70.9	103	48.5	99	4.33	57	0
1946	61.3	79	71.8	93	50.8	59	4.77	46	0
1945	59.3	112	72.4	83	46.8	119	4.21	59	3
1944	69.4	1	82.3	1	56.2	7	3.26	82	3
1941	63.5	41	78.1	19	48.8	92	3.25	84	3
1940	59.1	114	72.2	86	46	124	4.98	37	0
1939	63.1	44	78.1	19	48	106	0.87	139	0
1938							6.76	8	31
1936	68.3	4	82.3	1	54.1	22	2.25	115	2
1935	55.1	136	70.8	105	39.6	137	5.15	32	2
1934	61.9	69	78	21	45.9	125	1.96	121	0
1933	64.2	33	74.3	56	54.2	20	9.84	1	0
1932	60.6	88	76	36	45.3	129	2.05	119	0
1931	60.1	96	72.1	88	48.2	103	7.35	6	0
1930	62.9	47	75.1	44	50.6	63	2.85	97	0
1929	61.1	80	72.9	74	49.4	84	6.59	9	0
1928	59.8	103	72.7	76	46.9	115	1.44	130	0
1927	62.1	63	72.8	75	51.5	46	5.43	25	0
1926	62.7	50	76.5	31	48.8	92	0.99	138	0
1925	57.2	124	70	111	44.4	133	3.80	67	0
1924	56.9	127	66.9	133	46.8	119	5.35	26	0
1923	62.4	55	74.9	48	49.8	74	2.07	118	0
1922	66.6	17	78.3	15	55.1	15	1.80	124	2
1921	62.3	59	73.5	66	50.7	61	4.36	55	1
1920	60.7	85	73.2	70	48.2	103			0
1919	62.5	53	73.9	61	51	57	3.77	69	2
1918			80.7	4			5.10	33	12
1917	55.3	135	66.5	134	44.1	134	4.99	36	0
1916	64.3	31	76.1	34	53	33	3.00	90	2
1915	60	97	70	111	50.2	69	4.23	58	1
1914	63.7	40	75.6	38	51.8	42	2.90	95	0
1913	61.6	73	74	60	49.3	86	5.01	34	1
1912	64.7	26	75.7	37	53.6	30	2.79	104	0
1911	67.6	8	79.3	9	56.4	6	1.79	125	1
1910	57.8	119	68.5	125	47.2	112	3.69	71	0
1909	60.8	84	72.6	80	49	89	2.80	103	1
1908	62	65	71.8	93	52.2	38	6.04	13	0
1907	57.7	120	69.8	115	45.6	126	4.06	62	2
1906	62.9	47	74.7	50	51.1	55	3.14	86	0
1905	62.5	53	73.6	65	51.4	48	3.63	76	1
1904	63.1	44	74.5	51	51.7	43	2.91	94	0
1903	64.8	25	76.8	28	53	33	4.12	61	1
1902	64.2	33	76.3	33	52.1	39	1.72	126	0
1901	60.7	85	71	102	50.3	68	6.10	12	0
1900	63.1	44	78.3	15	48	106	2.14	117	0
1899	64.4	30	78.2	18	50.5	65	4.72	48	0
1898	62.6	51	74.9	48	50.4	67	4.78	45	0
1897	56.9	127	70.2	109	43.5	136	4.91	40	0
1896	68.2	5	82.2	3	54.1	22	3.57	80	0
1895					45.2	130	1.39	132	29
1894	64.2	33	72.7	76	55.8	8			0
1882	56.7	129	66.5	134	46.9	115	4.51	52	0
1881	64.7	26	74.5	51	54.9	17	2.94	93	0
1880	66.2	19	76.8	28	55.6	10	2.44	111	0
1879	62.2	62	73.8	62	50.6	63	1.41	131	0
1878	59.4	108	69	120	49.8	74	2.87	96	0
1877	57.5	122	68.5	125	46.5	123	2.25	115	0
1876	61.6	73	73.5	66	49.8	74	3.26	82	0
1875	61.7	71	73.8	62	49.5	82	1.68	127	0
1874	60.9	81	73	72	48.9	90	1.25	135	0
1873							3.86	66	31
1872							2.40	113	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	69.4
1944	69.4
1991	68.8
1936	68.3
1896	68.2
1965	67.8
2015	67.7
1911	67.6
2012	67.5
1962	67.2

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1935	55.1
1917	55.3
1997	55.5
1976	56.1
1994	56.2
1973	56.6
1961	56.6
1882	56.7
1924	56.9
1897	56.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1933	9.84
2003	8.92
2025	8.62
1956	7.72
1968	7.47
1931	7.35
1985	7.13
1938	6.76
1929	6.59
1967	6.54

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1939	0.87
1926	0.99
2015	1.22
1964	1.25
1874	1.25
1965	1.29
1963	1.36
1895	1.39
1879	1.41
1928	1.44

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 18 May 2026
Coldest night: 34°F; 3 May 2026, 2 May 2026
Wettest day: 1.21 in; 27 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 4.56 in of precipitation in Morgantown, WV, the wettest May since 2025, 50th wettest of 139.
The hottest day of May 2026 in Morgantown, WV: 90°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Morgantown, WV: a low of 34°F on Sunday 3 May 2026 and Saturday 2 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Morgantown, WV: 1.21 in on Wednesday 27 May 2026.